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Patrick Lalime has decided to retire and become an RDS analyst.

Lalime had 200 wins, a 2.58 GAA, and .905 save percentage in 444 games with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Ottawa Senators, St. Louis Blues, Chicago Blackhawks, and Buffalo Sabres. He spent five seasons with the Senators and is the franchise's all-time leader in wins, GAA, and save percentage. He'll participate in 15 Ottawa Senators broadcasts in 2011-12. Wed, Jul 20, 2011 02:03:00 PM

Buffalo already had three goaltenders on their active roster, including Jhonas Enroth, so they won't need to make a roster move as a result of Lalime's injury. Lalime has started in just four games this season and none since November 20th. Fri, Mar 11, 2011 02:06:00 PM

Buffalo already had three goaltenders on their active roster, including Jhonas Enroth, so they won't need to make a roster move as a result of Lalime's injury. Lalime has started in just four games this season and none since November 20th.

Patrick Lalime might start in one of the Sabres' two games this weekend.

Buffalo plays in Philadelphia on Saturday and in Minnesota on Sunday. Sabres coach Lindy Ruff has already made it known that he will be splitting the goaltending duties, but the question is if that means Lalime will play. Buffalo might decide to call up Jhonas Enroth to get the other start, given that they did the same thing under similar circumstances in mid-February. That being said, Enroth was practicing in Portland on Friday, so the team might be reluctant to fly him all the way to Philadelphia or Minnesota for a one-day NHL stint. We'll keep you posted.

Patrick Lalime will serve as the backup goaltender on Tuesday despite the fact that Ryan Miller won't be playing.

Lalime hasn't started in a game since November 20th and the Sabres decided to call up youngster Jhonas Enroth rather than give Lalime some playing time. It should go without saying that Lalime has no fantasy value.

Number one goalie Ryan Miller is suspected to get the night off on Tuesday night for the Buffalo Sabres, but it doesn't guarantee that his understudy Patrick Lalime will get the nod.

Lalime hasn't played since Jan. 21 and his last start came on Nov. 20. The Sabres may bring up Jhonas Enroth from the minors to play instead. Miller will likely return to the crease Wednesday versus Toronto. Stay tuned to see what the team decides.

Coach Lindy Ruff hasn't announced a starter yet, but he did strongly hint that Ryan Miller could a game off in the near future. Miller has started in 31 straight games, but the Sabres are scheduled to play seven times in the next 12 days.

Playing in place of the injured Ryan Miller, a mistake by Patrick Lalime led to directly to the winning goal on Saturday night.

Lalime's line at the end of the night - allowing two goals on 22 shots - wasn't a bad one, but his misplay of the puck that ended up on the stick of Adam Hall was costly. "Mistake that cost a game," said Lalime. I made the wrong play there. I tried to suck the guy in. It was just a bad pass." The loss drops Lalime's record to 0-4. Even in the event of a long-term absence by Miller, we wouldn't feel comfortable rolling with him.

Patrick Lalime allowed two goals on 20 shots in the Sabres' 2-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday.

Poor Lalime. He just cannot seem to win a game. The Sabres backup netminder did what he could to give the Sabres a chance to come away with the victory, but it wasn't enough. With the loss, his record falls to 0-4. His peripheral numbers are largely unimpressive. Lalime is sporting a 3.03 goals-against average and a .891 save percentage.

Patrick Lalime did not have appendicitis, as the team originally feared.

"It was a false alarm," Lalime said. "Everything was kind of leading to that a little bit, so we just went in [to the doctor] and took a look because we're coming on the road, make sure everything was looking good, so it's all good. Just a little stomach pain there, and I didn't want to take a chance. I feel good. I'm ready to go." He backed up Jhonas Enroth in Wednesday's 5-4 shootout win over New Jersey. It is unclear at this time who coach Lindy Ruff will start on Thursday versus the Rangers, but we'll let you know when we hear something.

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Ryan O'Reilly could be facing potential jail time for his recent incident on July 9.

He allegedly crashed his truck into a Tim Hortons and his blood alcohol level was above 80 mg. For that he might be fined $1,000 and have his license revoked for a year. However, he's also being charged with fleeing the scene and that can led to him spending as much as six months in jail. He signed a seven-year, $52.5 million contract with Buffalo on July 3.

Sam Rienhart’s Blue team defeated the Eichel-led Gold team 5-2. "It was definitely an unbelievable crowd," Eichel said. "It's crazy to think there were 17,000 people here for a scrimmage in July, but like I said earlier, it says a lot about Buffalo and how passionate they are for the Sabres."

The Ottawa Senators have shipped David Legwand and Robin Lehner to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for the 21st overall pick in the 2015 draft.

Legwand is coming off of a rough campaign where he was limited to nine goals and 27 points in 80 contests. He was also scratched for half of Ottawa's 2015 playoff contests. He could certainly use a change of scenery and the Senators likely wanted his $3 million cap hit off the books.

Cal O'Reilly has signed a two-year deal with the Buffalo Sabres for $700,000 per season.

He'll join his younger brother Ryan in the Queen City. O'Reilly was waived by the Canucks before the start of the 2014 season and had 10 goals and 61 points in 76 games with Utica of the AHL. Look for O'Reilly to be a bottom six forward for the Sabres if he can crack the lineup.

Evander Kane skated for the first time since his shoulder surgery in February on Thursday afternoon.

Kane certainly does appear to be "well ahead of schedule", as was reported last month. If Kane is indeed able to start the 2015-16 season healthy, he has a chance to lead a cast of scorers that includes veterans like Matt Moulson and Tyler Ennis. Plus young developing talent like last year's All-Star Zemgus Girgensons, and upcoming Sam Reinhart and presumably Jack Eichel.

"The biggest thing is you want to produce and help the team win. When they aren't going in and you aren't getting wins, it's hard on people," Moulson said. "A lot of us didn't have years we wanted to have, and we’re going to make sure that doesn't happen again." Ex-coach Ted Nolan wasn't able to surround Moulson with the kind of experience and talent that he played with on the Islanders and Wild, but Moulson isn't using that as an excuse. "I think at the start of the season I got away from the type of player I am a bit and what made me successful," he said. "I don't know what it was really that drove me away from that, but I'm definitely going to concentrate on getting back to that."

The Buffalo Sabres have signed Jerry D'Amigo to a one-year/two-way contract.

D'Amigo will get $700,000 in the NHL and $125,000 in the AHL. D'Amigo was pointless in nine NHL games for the Sabres this past season after picking up nine goals and 26 points in 59 games between Springfield and Rochester of the AHL. He has no fantasy value to speak of.

Tyler Ennis joined Claude Giroux and Tyler Seguin on Canada's second line at practice.

Head coach Todd McLellan said the lineup isn't set in stone going into Friday's game against Latvia. Sidney Crosby skated between Jason Spezza and Ryan O'Reilly on the top line, while Sean Couturier joined Brayden Schenn and Tyler Toffoli. Matt Duchene played with Nathan MacKinnon, Jordan Eberle and Taylor Hall to round out the group.

Brian Gionta acknowledged there will be a different kind of energy this season for the Sabres.

The sort of energy where guys actually think the front office is trying to improve the team instead of tanking to preserve a high draft pick. Gionta said "100 percent we’ll be a better team" after general manager Tim Murray added Evander Kane, Zach Bogosian, Ryan O’Reilly Jamie McGinn, David Legwand and Robin Lehner. And let's not forget Jack Eichel and Sam Reinhart. "Look at the moves he's been able to make," Gionta said. "You can say you want a better team, you want to bring in better players, but for him to actually pull that off and make the moves he did, it shows that he means business. That excites guys in the locker room."

Jamie McGinn is joining teammate Ryan O'Reilly as they head to Buffalo in exchange for Nikita Zadorov, Mikhail Grigorenko, JT Compher and the 31st overall pick.

McGinn lost all but 19 games to a back injury in 2014-15, but will still only be entering his age-27 season when October rolls around. In 2013-14, when McGinn skated in 79 games for Colorado, he set a career high of 19 goals and 38 points. McGinn has one season left on his contract with a $2.95M cap hit.

Rasmus Ristolainen has registered nine points, included four goals, in his past 11 games.

"It feels good," Ristolainen said Wednesday. "I've been working hard. It's nice to get some points and some goals lately." Four of those points have come on the power play. The 20-year-old defenseman has a chance to end the season on a high note, as he now has 20 points in 76 matches.

Mike Weber will not be in the Buffalo lineup Monday night or in any of the Sabres' remaining regular-season games.

Weber needs surgery for a lower-body injury that the Sabres didn't identify. Weber had seven points in 64 games this season and wasn't an asset for fantasy owners who were looking for more than hits and blocks.

Head coach Ted Nolan confirmed the news on Sunday morning. Gorges' first season in Buffalo has been a nightmare. The 30-year-old has played in only 46 games and he has no goals and six assists in 2014-15. He was never known as a point-producer, but he has an ugly minus-28 rating. The club has officially placed Gorges on injured reserve.

Andrej Meszaros collected two goals for the second straight game in Monday's 4-1 win over Arizona.

Meszaros simply blasted two pucks past Mike Smith in the second period, the first on the power play. He also contributed three hits and two blocks during his 20:53 of work. Meszaros now has seven goals and 13 points this season.

Mark Pysyk has agreed to a two-year, $2.25 million contract with the Buffalo Sabres.

Pysyk had 17 points in 54 AHL contests last season and another three points in seven games with Buffalo. While nothing is set in stone, this deal heavily suggests that he will be part of Buffalo's opening game roster.

The Buffalo Sabres have acquired Robin Lehner and David Legwand from the Ottawa Senators in exchange for the 21st overall pick in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft.

At one time Lehner was seen as the Senators' goaltender of the future, but he hasn't been able to firmly establish himself as the team's starter. After showing promise in his initial NHL stints, he has struggled with a GAA above 3.00 in each of his last two seasons. The 2014-15 campaign was arguably his worse to date as he posted a 3.02 GAA and .905 save percentage in 25 contests. At the same time, he's just 23 years old so it's far too early to assume he won't live up to his potential. He's got a fresh opportunity in Buffalo and it wouldn't be surprising to see him make the most of it.